My MINI is 12 years old this month. Bumping because I figure we ought to have more 10 year olds by now. Anyone?
I have an '03 R50 [09/02 build] I bought in March,'04 with 2,200 miles on it. It has a CVT and 55k trouble-free miles on it so far, but I only drive it sparingly now and mostly to car shows. It's Dragon-slaying days were over in 2013, and it stopped going to the track in '05.
11/02 build R53 here. 93k on the clock, stock clutch and goes through nary a drop of oil! PS pump got crispy tho...gonna keep this MINI as long as I can.
MINI Cooper. Over 12 years old. Sticker says March 2003, but actually built last week of Feb, and took delivery near the end of March. 85,544 on the odometer today. Some stuff has been done to it. One owner - me. See my garage for details. http://www.motoringalliance.com/forums/member-garages/23643-bliksem-2003-mini-cooper.html
Wow.....this is weird. Was just thinking that it was about 12 yr ago I contacted the MINI dealership via email about how to get a new one. Looked at my old emails and realized I had initiated contact 12 yrs ago today. Took delivery 12/6/2003
13 years for me since the June build date (delivery mid-August). Had some steering related problems this year but still going strong.
My R53 just turned 10 in May and, in that time, it's covered a whopping 65,928 miles. I had a few beers in celebration, on its behalf!
My 2004 R50 is 11 and a half with 138K miles (Build date 11/03). Just did a new clutch and replaced the belt and tensioner to ward off evil spirits (they didn't really need in dire need of a change but...) Al
A couple other 10 year (+) club members in this thread: http://www.motoringalliance.com/forums/mini-stuff/25057-forget-mileage-let-s-talk-time.html
My MINI just turned 14 this month too. And it is still doing great: http://www.motoringalliance.com/forums/mini-stuff/27957-my-mini-champ.html I put more miles on it in the first 2 weeks of this month than I put on it over all of the past 12 months.
My goal is to keep my R58 JCW until I croak whether that is this week or fifteen years from now. However if it is fifteen years down the road I probably won't have to worry about driving because I won't even know what day of the week it is!
My 2005 has a Nov 2004 build date. So far only 47k mi. I'm the 3rd owner. It will be with me for a long time.